Since medical care in the U.S. began using diagnostic coding comprehensively about 15 years ago, dentists have periodically asked when something similar will be required in dentistry. Universal use is ...

An analysis of American hospitals showed little evidence that recent changes in diagnostic coding patterns for patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF) have affected a key performance measure ...

A new study from researchers at the Mount Sinai Health System suggests that a simple tweak to how artificial intelligence (AI) assigns diagnostic codes could significantly improve accuracy, even ...

Other payors, however, accept CPT 45378 (colonoscopy diagnostic) with a diagnosis code of V76.51 (colon screening for malignant neoplasm). However, if a polyp or lesion is found and removed by snare ...

Many rare diseases don't have an ICD code, and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at NIH is exploring ways to best expand those codes to benefit rare disease patients and ...

By Wynda Clayton,Director of Risk Adjustment Coding & Compliance, RAAPID INC | Autonomous coding seemed too risky. But with regulatory uncertainty ahead, MA Plans need technology they can defend. Here ...

Diagnostic code monitoring is critical to machine maintenance and uptime optimization, which ties in directly with equipment return on investment (ROI). Diagnostic codes are sometimes called “fault ...

Starting Oct. 1, 2025, a new diagnosis code was added to the detailed list of codes used by health care providers: the remission of type 2 diabetes.

Gulf War illness (GWI), the chronic, debilitating condition linked to military service in the 1990-1991 Gulf War, will receive a dedicated diagnostic code in the October 2025 release of the ...

In the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Congress gave the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) the statutory authority and obligation to implement a “coding intensity adjustment” for ...

CDC approves new diagnostic code for mysterious gastrointestinal allergies. June 4, 2013— -- Tyler Trovato loves his peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with a glass of milk, but if he diverges ...